Combination check-book.



PATENTED MAR. 26

M. H. BBBBY. COMBINATION CHECK BOOK.

APPLICATION IILBDMAILZS?. 1906.

INVENTOR sanar- Nnon ATTORNEY books in which MARK H. BERRY, or NEW YORK, N. Y

COMBINATION CHECK-BOOK.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented March 26, 1907.

Application tiled March 29. 1906. Serial No. 308,810.

To all 1.071.011?l it muy concern:

Be it known that 1, MARK H. BERRY, a citizen of the United States of America, anda resident of the city, county, and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in a Combination Check-Book, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to combination checka block of blank checks, drafts, or the like and a suitable registerv or record-book are detachably secured to a binder. l

The object of my invention is to produce a book of this class which shall be more compact in forni and more simple and convenient for use than those heretofore known.

My invention consists in providing a binder having front and back covers connected by a iiexible back; in constructing the back cover so that a block of blank checks, drafts, or the like may be detachably secured to the inside of said back cover, and so that said block of blank checks may cover, substantially, the whole area of said back cover; in providing means upon the inside of the front cover for detachably securing the back cover of a blank-or record book or check-register in such a way that said register opens and closes from and toward the center of the binder, and in other novel features of construction and arrangement to be hereinafter more fully pointed out and described.

ln the drawings accompanying and forming part of this specification, Figure 1 represents a combination check-book embodying the preferred form of my invention laid open. Fig. 2 represents a section on line a a of Fig. 1. Fig. 3represents aview similarto Fig. 1 where the check-register has been closed. Fig. 4 represents a portion of a combination check-book closed.

The reference characters are used in the same sense throughout the drawings and the speciiication.

Numeral 1 represents the binder, which is composed of the front cover 2 and the back cover 3, joined by the flexible back 4.

Attached to the inner edge of the inside of the back cover are the studs 5, threaded on their outer ends to receivethe nuts 6.

A block of checks, drafts, or other similar forms 7, provided with longitudinal perforations 8 and a transverse perforation 9, and provided also with holes adapted to receive the studs 5, is located upon the inside of the back cover and securely held in position by means of said studs. Each sheet of said block is preferably divided up so as to form three blank checks and a narrow bindingstrip 10, so that a single check'may be easily severed from the rest of the sheet.

The left-hand or front cover 2 of the binder is provided with one or more bands or strips 11, preferably located parallel and near to the inner and outer edges of said front cover. These bands or strips are preferably made of thin metal and are secured at their ends by being embedded into the cover or in any suitable manner.

12 is a register or record-book, adapted to be detachably secured to the front cover of the binder, s o as to open from and close to- Ward the center of said binder. The pages and the covers o f the register 12 are but little smaller than and approximately the same shape as the. cover of the binder, and the vertical lengthof the back cover of the register is such as to permit it to, enter between the bands 11 and the binder-cover 2, as shown in Fig. 1. The arrangement of the ruling and the headings of the register may be ofany convenient form to suit the purposes for which it is intended. I have illustrateda form which is especially adapted for bankchecks. The right-hand page, which is especially for the registration of the checks as they are drawn, and takes the place ofthe familiar check-stub, is provided with columns headed, respectively, HVDate, Number, HDrawn in favor of, Amount of check, Posted It is to be noted that a single one ofthese pages will suffice for many checks, ordinarily about twenty-five.

On the left-hand page are two columns headed "Depositsf whichl are subdivided for the date, name, and amount, and the third column headed Bank account, which is subdivided into columns for dates and balances. By means of this arrangement it will be seen that I have provided a combination check-book in which the size of the book when closed is only a little reater than that of three checks without stus, and a book of convenient thickness will have a capacity of four to five hundred checks. It will also be noticed that the writing-surfaces both on the checks and on the pages of the register are flat and that the relative position of the checks, the page on which the checks are registered, and the page for deposits, is sub,- stantially the same as that of the vold check- IOO TIO

vbook With stubs attached, the arrangement completion by printing in the bank customers name. The number printed for any l customer is usually fromfive hundredl to one thousand. It is therefore a great advantage for both the bank and the manufacturer if the block of checks for the individual customers of the bank can bekept of such small size and Weight to make it possible to send these through the mail. The registers and binders being uniform for all customers may be shipped by freight in large quantities.

By means of my improved construction blocks containing ive hundred 'checks may y and back covers joined by a flexible back, of l be kept Within the limits permitted to be sent through the mails Where the expense of express and the delays by vfreight Wouldbe inconvenient. It is also to be observed that by means of my construction I have produced a combination check-book of large capacity which at the same time closes to a size substantially that of the block of checks.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is' 1. A binder for a combination check-book comprising front and back covers connected by a flexibleA back, and a metallic stri or band secured at its ends to an edge o the front cover.

'2. A binder for a combination check-book 'comprising front 'and back covers connected l by a iexible back, binding-posts attached ,i to the inner edge of the back cover, and a i metallic strip or band secured at its ends to l the outer edge of the front cover. l 3. In a combination check-book the comi bination With front and back covers coni nected by a flexible back of a block of checks, I means for attaching said block of checks to i the inside of the -back cover, a metallic strip ,f or band secured at its ends to the front cover and a record-book or register having one of its covers held in place'by said metallic strip. 4. In a combination check-book the combination with front and back covers conl nected by a flexible back of a block of checks,

a binding-post for attaching said block of checks to the inside of the back cover, a l metallic strip or band secured at its ends to the front cover and a record-book or register having one of its covers held in place by said metallic strip.

5. In a combination check-book the combination with a binder consisting of front binding-posts secured to said back cover near said iexible back, a block of checks secured by said `binding-posts, a metallic strip and a register having its back cover held by said metallic strip to the front cover, the top edges of said register and of said l block of checks being at right angles to said ,I iiexible back.

I In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing Witnesses.

MARK H. BERRY.

Witnesses: c

THOMAS H. CALHOUN, EMILIE LUND. 

